Lujo Györy

Lujo Györy (28 May 1930 – 28 March 2012) was a Croatian handball player, referee and official.

Györy was born in Zagreb on May 28, 1930. He was engaged in sport from an early age, first swimming, then water polo and football. With the persecution of Jews in the Independent State of Croatia his father was taken away in an unknown direction, never to be heard of again. During that time Györy was educated at the Franciscans grammar school in Varaždin. Toward the end of the World War II, after high school graduation, he returned to Zagreb. In 1948 he moved to Poreč where he founded the NK Jadran Poreč for which he played. In addition to football, Györy and several of his friends founded the swimming club of the same name. After military service in the Yugoslav People's Army Györy returned to Zagreb where he attended and graduated from the Higher Pedagogical Academy at the University of Zagreb. He was a member of the Jewish community of Zagreb. Györy died on March 28, 2012, in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.

Honours Mladost Zagreb Yugoslav Cup (1): 1956 Croatian Championship (2): 1956, 1961

Zagreb Yugoslav First League (3): 1961–62, 1962–1963, 1964–65 Yugoslav Cup (1): 1962